stay up

English

Verb

stay up (third-person singular simple present stays up, present participle staying up, simple past and past participle stayed up)

1. (literally) To remain in a raised or upright position.

   These trousers are too big around the waist. They won't stay up.

2. To remain awake, to not go to bed.

   My plane leaves at 6:00 in the morning, so I plan to stay up until then and sleep on the plane.

   She stayed up past her bedtime.

3. (euphemistic) To maintain an erection.

   He told his lover he has a problem staying up.

Translations

remain awake

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: سَهَر (sahar)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熬夜 (zh) (áoyè)

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• Dutch: opblijven (nl)
• Finnish: valvoa (fi)
• German: aufbleiben (de), durchmachen (de)
• Spanish: quedarse despierto, empalmar (es), reenganchar (es)

maintain an erection

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勃起 (zh) (bóqǐ)

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• Finnish: ylläpitää erektiota
• Spanish: empalmarse (es), empalmar (es)

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